Word: witness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hard to say where all these inventions, and the wit with which they are stated, first appeared. There was an original script by Don McGuire (Bad Day at Black Rock), rewritten by Robert Kaufman (Love at First Bite). Thereafter, Schisgal and Larry Gelbart, of Movie Movie and TV's MASH, each did new versions. A large contribution was made by Elaine May and smaller ones by Valerie Curtin (Inside Moves), Barry Levinson (Diner) and Robert Garland (The Electric Horseman). After arbitration, screen credit finally went to Gelbart and Schisgal. But it was Pollack who "sat in a room with...
...Johnson's Great Society legislation was a noble achievement (though the programs went wildly out of control). But the L.B.J. presidency is forever blighted by the tragic failure in Viet Nam. Richard Nixon was our best President of foreign policy since Eisenhower, not just because he had the wit to employ Dr. Kissinger, but his presidency will never recover from Watergate. The returns are not yet in on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy. His economic policies were an unsuccessful muddle; it is not yet clear that Reagan's very different policies will work out better...
...sanity, a President needs a sense of humor. Reagan and J.F.K. get high marks, Ford soso. Carter and Nixon each had a lively wit, on the biting side, but never developed an attractive...
...your spare time." That sounds like one of those inflated advertisements for a job putting on mail-order labels or selling soap products door to door. Actually, it describes the way an eclectic group of individuals has capitalized on the popularity of the personal computer. By having the wit to develop programs that enable the machines to do a variety of tasks that users particularly want or need, stay-at-home software experts, many of them kids, are getting rich...
...seem a late entry. In fact, the English satirist has been cartooning cats for decades, mocking their uncivilized sophistication, their hypocrisy and cunning. While some of his furry vamps are overarch (Lady Catterley, Catahari), the vast majority of his scenes and creatures are instances of energy and wit. After examining the ferocious splashes of color in "Rat Race" or the haunting perspectives of "Displaced Persons," cat owners will never again feel quite so indulgent or annoyed with their demanding pets. The cats, however, will not change a hair. As Searle's futuristic comedy indicates, for the rest...